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The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

First of the Month recordings finally return with Andy and Brendan! in high spirits for this Friday episode. With the calendar turning to August, a lengthy debate about month rankings breaks out before the two turn to Jordan Spieth's latest comments ahead of the Wyndham Championship. Spieth is looking forward to a big 2026 season despite being a 2025 Ryder Cup hopeful and Andy questions what reasonable expectations are for this "guy" moving forward. At the Women's Open, Charley Hull had some enlightening comments on the golf ball and why she doesn't watch golf on television. With the Western Am going on, Brendan shares some notables for those watching the weekend broadcast. PJ quizzes Andy and Brendan on Happy Gilmore 2 cameos, leading to some confusion from those who have already watched the film. In Golf Advice, questions about tournament play and asking for access to private clubs set Andy and Brendan off. There are also some intermittent updates on the Wyndham Championship throughout this episode.

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0:00.0	Now the shotgun start in golf is full of mathematics.
0:04.0	There's a lot of setup work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work.
0:09.0	So I'm going to demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a shotgun start here.
0:14.0	And here we go.
0:17.0	All right, all right, all right.
0:27.0	Gentlemen, start your engine. Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the shotgun start.
0:43.6	It is August 1st.
0:46.2	Andy, how we doing?
0:48.2	Brendan!
0:49.5	The universe is aligning.
0:51.6	We finally get a sorely missed first of the month recording.
0:58.1	I got myself a tavern, tavern pie from one of my favorite Chicago establishments.
1:05.4	Tavern pie? What is that? Pizza? Tavern pizza? Tavern style pizza. All right. All is right in the world.
1:11.3	All is right in the world.
1:12.6	It was delightful.
1:15.5	I have to say, Central California is not blessed with a good pizza scene.
1:20.5	Oh, that's good.
1:22.4	I like a little bit of accountability and honesty about a locale.
1:26.3	It's horrendous to be completely honest.
1:29.2	For what? The population that exists there or just it just doesn't meet the moment?
1:34.1	It's just there's no, there's nothing good about it. Honestly, nothing good. It's an embarrassment.
1:42.3	Maryland could be better, I would say. You know, yeah, yeah, D.C. could be better, too. Good. I'm glad you got a good tavern pie. It's the first of the month. August, I think, is down. In terms of month rankings, August I think falls a little low towards the bottom. It's not a great one. Why? It's just too hot everywhere. Summer has sort of started
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